Technical rescuer : rope, levels I and II /
Jeff Matthews
- Clifton Park, NY : Delmar/Cengage Learning, c2009
- xviii, 200 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Technical rescuer .
- Technical rescuer .
Includes index
Rope rescue: an introduction -- Incident planning and scene management -- Safety -- Equipment and system components -- Knots -- Anchor systems -- On belay -- On rappel -- Lowering systems -- Mechanical advantages, raising and ascending systems -- Tensioned rope systems